Camera shutter



Aug. 19, 1941. M. G. BLIANVK 2,252,688

' CAMERA SHUTTER Filed April 25, 1940 FIG. 1'.

\ Via-mu MQURICE G. BLANK INVENTOR I A 'ITORNE YS Patented Aug. 19, 1941 CAMERA HUTTER Maurice G. Blank, Rochester, N. Y., asslgno'r to Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application April 25, 1940, Serial No. 331,634

4 Claims.

This invention relates to photography and more particularly to rebound prevention devices for photographic shutters.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a shutter in which an exposure may be made by a rapidly operating shutter blade, and

to provide means for preventing rebound of the shutter blade as it suddenly comes to rest after making an exposure. Another objectof my invention is to utilize a speed controlling device for also controlling the rebound of the shutter blade. Other objects will appear from the following specification, the novel features being particularly pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

Coming now to the drawing wherein like reieren'ce characters denote like parts throughout:

Fi 1 shows a iront plan-view of a shutter including my rebound preventing device with the shutter cover removed.

Fig. 2 is a section taken'on line 2-2 of Fig. 1-.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view similar to Fig.1, but with the shutter parts in the position they assume just before an exposure is made.

Fig. 4; is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through the rebound prevention device.

In most shutters of the between-the-lens type,

the space in the shutter case is so restricted that the amount of overlap between one or more shutter lades and an exposure aperture is sometimes extremely small. In most shutters having only a single shutter speed, the exposure is in the neighborhood of 1/25 of a second, so that the ter blade mint move quite rapidly to make lei. an exposure time and must he suddenly hreught to rest after completing the exposure. more expensive shutters, still higher speeds are often obtained, so that the liability for re- ?ecund may be even greater than with the first described type of shutter.

It is obvious that my invention can be applied to numerous difierent types of shutters, but l1 Ii illustrated it as applied to a simple type i own in Patent l lo. 2,206,811, for Photographic (Serial No. 255,914,1iled February 11, 1939) to shutter may consist of a casing I, having upstanding flange 2 around its periphery and having in the center, an exposure aperture 3. As

indicated in Fig. 2, the shutter casing may have a rearwardly extending tube 4 which may support an objective or a part of an objective on the flange 5, if desired.

The illustrated embodiment of my invention is a shutter 01 the so-cailed blade and cover shutter," Drotning and Martin, granted July 2,

blind type. 011 the stud 6 carried by the shutter casing, there is mounted a shutter blade 1, there being a spring 8 for normally thrusting this shutter blade against the stop pin 9. The shutter blade is provided with an exposure opening l0 which isv adapted to swing across the exposure opening 3 in making an exposure, and the shutter blade is also equipped with a spring-latching arm ll. This latching arm is adapted to engage an upstanding lug H on the cover blind I 3, also pivoted upon the stud 6 and also moved in a counter-clockwise direction with respect to Fig. 1 by means of a spring N.

The cover blind ii is provided with a handle or trigger it which extends outside of the shutter casing l and into a position for manually operating the shutter. When the shutter is at rest, both the shutter blade and the cover blind lie across the opening 3 with the spring arm II in engagement with the latch element l2. Movement of the trigger H5 toward the position shown in Fig. 1 causes the shutter blade and cover blind to move together across the aperture 3, with the cover blind blocking the exposure aperture Hi. When the parts reach the position shown in Fig. 3, the latch element l2 rides up on a stud i6, carried by the shutter, releasing the latch from the lug l2 and permitting the spring 8 to swing the shutter blade across the exposure aperture 3 to make an exposure.

The speed of this exposure is controlled, in the present instance, by a rack ii on the edge of the shutter blade, this rack meshing with a pinion ill, mounted upon a stud 29. As .best indicated in Fig. 4, the stud i8 is supported by a shutter plate 20, in which is included the exposure aperture 3, and the pinion i8 is mounted to turn freely upon the stud it; The pinion l8 preferably provided with an upwardly extending tubular shaft-like member so, which in turnrevolubiy supports a flywheel 2i which may be held in place by a washer 22 engaging the head at the stud it on one side and a grooved flange it on the flywheel on the other side. The flywheel is not keyed to the sleeve shaft 20, but

gages the under side of the flywheel and the inner mriphery 26 of the washer premes upon the pinion. Consequently, when the pinion is turned, the flywheel will be turned, although it may not immediately turn as the movement of the pinion it is suddenly applied.

With this type or shutter, it is customary to 2 aezsaees depress the trigger it to release the shutter blade and as the spring 3 moves the shutter blade, it rotates the pinion ill through the gear segment ill. This movement causes the flywheel it to turn and to prevent too rapid operation of the shutter blade.

lhe flywheel, however, does considerably more than this. comes to rest by striking the post 9, there is a natural tendency for the shutter blade l to rebound, causing a reverse direction of the pinion iii. However, since the flywheel 2! has already received considerably momentum by the time the shutter blade i strikes the pin 8, it will continue to rotate after the pinion i8 ceases rotating so that it exerts a force through the spring washer 24 tending to prevent a reversal of movement of the gear I8 and thus effectively preventing rebound of the gear 18 and with it the shutter blade 1.

This is extremely desirable in shutters in which the construction prevents any considerable overlap between the shutter blade I and the exposure aperture 3. It will be noted that with the shutter shown in the drawing, which is actually much smaller than the scale on which the drawing is made, there is an extremelyshort distance D between the exposure aperture in and the exposure aperture 3, just before the shutter is released, and there is a comparatively short distance d of overlap between the shutter blade 1, at rest, and the exposure aperture 3. with such construction, the rebound must be either entirely eliminated or must belimited to an extremely small amount to prevent fogging or double images which may occur it there is suflicient rebound for the exposure aperture iii to cross a material portion of the aperture 3 aiteran ex posure has been completed.

Of course, the amount of retard in shutters of this type is dependent upon a number of factors, such as the weight of the shutter blade, the strength of the operating spring, and the location and nature of the abutment against which the shutter blade suddenly comes to rest, I have found, however, that by providing a light-weight and resilient spring washer il' l between the fiy- When the shutter blade l suddenly mil; the flywheel to turn one or more revolutions if the pinion i8 is rotated at a comparatively high speed by the gear i1. i

What I claim is:

l. A camera shutter 01 the type including a casing, movable mechanism inside of the casing for making an exposure, and means for controlling the speed of an exposure including a pinion and flywheel, having in combination, a spring frictional connection between the said flywheel and pinion, whereby said flywheel, by continuing to rotate after an exposure is completed, may eliminate rebound of the exposure mechanism suddenly coming to rest.

2. In a camera shutter, the combination with a shutter casing having an exposure aperture therein, of a pivoted shutter blade for covering and uncovering the opening, mechanism for mov-- ing the shutter blade, a trigger cooperating with flywheel, a frictional connection between the pinion and the flywheel, said flywheel preventing rebound of the shutter blade by continuing to 1'0- tate after the blade comes to rest and after an actuation of the shutter mechanism through an operation of the trigger.

3. In a camera shutter, the combination with a shutter casing having an exposure aperture therein, of a pivoted shutter blade for covering and uncovering the opening, mechanism for moving the shutter blade, a trigger cooperating with th 'mechanism for actuating said mechanism, means for controlling the speed of the shutter blade comprising a pinion geared thereto, a stud carried by the shutter, said pinion being mounted to turn about the stud, a flywheel mounted on the stud and means for irictionally turning the flywheel from the pinion as an exposure is made, said flywheel continuing to turn after the pinion comes to rest preventing rebound thereof.

t. In a camera shutter, the combination with a, shutter casing having an exposure aperture therein, of a pivoted shutter blade for covering and uncovering the opening, mechanism for moving the shutter blade, a trigger cooperating with the mechanism for actuating said mechanism, means for controlling the speed oi the shutter i blade comprising a pinion geared thereto, a stud carried by the shutter, a pinion and a flywheel coamally mounted on the stud, a spring washer carried between the pinion and flywheel, where by the latter may be turned by the former, said flywheel also preventing rebound of the pinion by continuing to turn after said pinion comes to rest.

MAURICE G. BLANK. 

